Professor Daniel Smith from Edinburgh University gives a short overview of bipolar disorder, and introduces two studies he is working on to investigate the role of light, circadian rhythms and sleep in bipolar disorder, and their effect on the action of lithium as a treatment.
This podcast is part of the Annual Scientific Meeting of NHS Research Scotland's Mental Health Network, which takes place on 30th October in Glasgow.
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Danny Smith on investigating the role of light, circadian rhythms and sleep in bipolar disorder

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Professor Emily Simonoff is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN).
In this podcast, she speaks to André Tomlin from the Mental Elf about the new King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People https://www.kingsmaudsley.org
You can hear more from Prof Simonoff at the 2024 IoPPN Research Festival, taking place on 15th May 2024: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ioppn-research-festival--tickets-856888826547?aff=oddtdtcreator Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emily Simonoff - The King’s Maudsley Partnership for Children and Young People


 Prof Gavin Davidson from Queen’s University Belfast and Dr Iain McDougall and Steph Kerr from Belfast Health and Social Care Trust talk about personality disorder, mental capacity and compulsory intervention on episode 1 of the 2024 BIGSPD podcast.
BIGSPD is the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder and their annual conference takes place in Belfast on 18-20 June 2024. Find out more at: https://bigspd.org.uk/conferences-and-events/annual-conference/   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gavin Davidson - Personality disorder, mental capacity and compulsory intervention

In this podcast conversation, Professor David Baldwin (President of the British Association of Psychopharmacology) and Professor Catherine Harmer (President Elect of the BAP) preview the 2024 Summer Meeting which will take place in Birmingham on 21st - 24th July 2024 at the University of Birmingham: https://www.bap.org.uk/BAP2024
They speak about the history of the BAP, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024 and invite you to join us at the conference which brings together people interested in psychopharmacology, including BAP members and non-members, and non-clinical and clinical scientists.
The Mental Elf will be covering it live on Twitter and you can follow along using the hashtag #BAP2024 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BAP2024&src;=typed_query&f;=live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Baldwin and Catherine Harmer - Previewing the #BAP2024 Summer Meeting

Professor John Krystal will be giving a Guest Lecture at the 2024 British Association of Psychopharmacology Summer Meeting in Birmingham on 24th July 2024. His talk is entitled: Linking depression pathophysiology to the mechanism of action of ketamine and “next generation” treatments.
In this 18-minute podcast, André Tomlin from The Mental Elf asks John Krystal how he first got into ketamine research and where we are now with this promising intervention for people with severe and enduring depression.
John Krystal, MD is Professor of Translational Research and Professor of Psychiatry, of Neuroscience, and of Psychology; Co-Director, Yale Center for Clinical Investigation; Chair, Psychiatry; Chief of Psychiatry, Yale New Haven Hospital; Director: NIAAA Center for the Translational Neuroscience of Alcoholism; Director, Clinical Neuroscience Division, VA National Center for PTSD https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/john-krystal/
The British Association of Psychopharmacology 2024 Summer Meeting will take place in Birmingham on 21st - 24th July 2024 at the University of Birmingham: https://www.bap.org.uk/BAP2024
The Mental Elf will be covering it live on Twitter and you can follow along using the hashtag #BAP2024 https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BAP2024&src;=typed_query&f;=live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Krystal - Ketamine for depression #BAP2024

Professor Heather O'Mahen from the University of Exeter previews her talk at the 2024 UK and Ireland Marcé Society Annual Conference in London on 25th January: Are perinatal community mental health teams effective? What's the evidence? 
Find out more about the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health https://marcesociety.com/regional-groups/uk-ireland-marce-society/
View the programme for the 2024 UK and Ireland Marcé Society Annual Conference https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets/ukims-flyer-jan-2024-v7.pdf
Get tickets for the UK and Ireland Marcé Society Annual Conference in London on 25th January: https://estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/academic-faculties/institute-of-psychiatry-psychology-neuroscience/health-service-and-population-research/ukims-conference-2024
Follow Heather O'Mahen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/@HeatherWillis18 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny Smith on investigating the role of light, circadian rhythms and sleep in bipolar disorder

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